New Patient Registration

You should where possible attend reception at the practice. The receptionist will give you the appropriate forms. Housebound patients should either arrange for someone to collect forms for them or else phone and speak to the receptionist.

Practice Area

From the junction of the City Bypass to the Glasgow Road, along the Glasgow Road, St John’s Road and Corstorphine Road to Saughtonhall Drive, Balgreen Road, Gorgie Road, Ardmillan Terrace, Harrison Road, Gillsland Road, Mid Gillsland Road, Colinton Road as far as the northern end of Colinton Mains Drive and then along the District ward boundary to Dreghorn Link, the city bypass as far as Lanark Road, Lanark Road West, Riccarton Mains Road, Calder Road to Calder Junction and north west at the City Bypass as far as the junction of Glasgow Road.

Guide to GP Services

The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them. You can download the guide below.

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Open the leaflets in one of the following languages

Temporary Registration

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.